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|image = Tempest (audio story).jpg | |image = Tempest (audio story).jpg | ||
|series = ''[[UNIT: The New Series]]'' | |series = ''[[UNIT: The New Series]]'' | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = Incursions (audio anthology) | ||
|range = UNIT: The New Series | |range = UNIT: The New Series | ||
|series in range = Incursions (audio anthology) | |series in range = Incursions (audio anthology) | ||
|series number in range = 8 | |series number in range = 8 | ||
|number in series = 2 | |number in series = 2 | ||
|main character = [[Kate Stewart]], [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] | |main character = [[Kate Stewart|Kate]], [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]], [[Sam Bishop|Sam]] | ||
|featuring = [[ | |featuring = [[Josh Carter|Josh]] | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = | |setting = [[Outer Hebrides]] and [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic]], [[2010s]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Lisa McMullin | ||
|director = [[Ken Bentley]] | |director = [[Ken Bentley]] | ||
|producer = [[David Richardson]] | |||
|sound = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | |sound = [[Howard Carter (composer)|Howard Carter]] | ||
|music = | |music = Howard Carter | ||
|cover = [[Tom Webster]] | |cover = [[Tom Webster]] | ||
|publisher = Big Finish Productions | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|release date = | |epcount = 1 | ||
|format = 1 Episode on 1 CD (2nd of 3 stories) | |||
|release date = 30 April 2019 | |||
|production code = BFPUNS08 | |production code = BFPUNS08 | ||
|isbn = | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78575-973-4 | ||
|prev = This Sleep of Death (audio story) | |prev = This Sleep of Death (audio story) | ||
|next = The Power of River Song (audio story) | |next = The Power of River Song (audio story) | ||
}} | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the audio anthology ''[[Incursions (audio anthology)|Incursions]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Lisa McMullin]] and featured [[Jemma Redgrave]] as [[Kate Stewart]] and [[Ingrid Oliver]] as [[Petronella Osgood]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in the audio anthology ''[[Incursions (audio anthology)|Incursions]]'', produced by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Lisa McMullin]] and featured [[Jemma Redgrave]] as [[Kate Stewart]] and [[Ingrid Oliver]] as [[Petronella Osgood]], [[James Joyce (actor)|James Joyce]] as [[Josh Carter]] and [[Warren Brown]] as [[Sam Bishop]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to | [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] looks at a report from meteorology and sees that [[hurricane]]s are predicted in the [[Arctic]] and [[tornado]]es across [[Greenland]]. This reminds [[Sam Bishop|Sam]] of a call he received earlier from [[McCracken|Mother McCracken]] about [[wind]] talking to her; he calls her back and records the sound of an extraterrestrial [[SOS]] signal coming from her [[chimney]], which he then plays for [[Kate Stewart|Kate]]. She agrees that they can fly to the [[Outer Hebrides]] to investigate whilst she goes to an [[oil rig]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic]] where the same message is being given in [[Morse code]] and drawing the workers into the water. | ||
The [[aeroplane]] loses its engines and, according to Osgood, a [[cloud]]y hand steadies it and guides it to land safely. Sam is sceptical, however. They meet Mother McCracken, whose [[owl]], [[Dougal (Tempest)|Dougal]], attacks Sam and gives him a nosebleed. The voice speaks through the chimney and Osgood and Sam are almost sucked up it before it suddenly stops. The news reports that a [[train]] was derailed by winds in [[Canada]] and that there have been similar occurrences in [[Russia]], [[Japan]] and mainland [[Europe]], which Osgood believes must be connected. | |||
Kate meets [[Joel Sanders]] and [[Barney Thorpe]], the latter of whom tells her that people are being drawn not by the lights but by voices and a strange sensation. She is joined by [[Josh Carter|Josh]] and has him get everybody inside when an oddly-behaving [[waterspout]] makes a [[whirlpool]] strong enough to threaten the rig's integrity. She assumes command from Sanders, [[evacuation|evacuates]] the rig and sends a probe into the [[sea]] after detecting electromagnetism likely caused by a crashed [[spacecraft]] also causing the lights. | |||
Osgood wonders if the voice is trying to get them up onto the roof and goes with Sam to the [[attic]]. He climbs through a skylight and onto the roof where the wind grabs onto him and he sees [[coordinate]]s carved into [[grass]] nearby which Osgood sends to Kate. The coordinates, Kate finds, correspond to where she is searching for the spaceship. Osgood accesses [[UNIT]]'s digital archive and learns of the [[Animoi]], a benign race who start using Mother McCracken's voice to ask for help. She informs Kate, who is unable to move the ship without damaging the air pocket keeping it stable. | |||
Kate comes up with a plan to release the ship's [[life pod]]s by having the Animoi create an atomic sub-vacuum using an air belt, but Sanders sends Barney and his other men to plant [[explosive]]s to destroy the ship. Osgood and Sam ask the Animoi to do this and the plan is successful, the explosives not having been planted, and the Animoi are freed. A rescue ship arrives and takes the life pods aboard, after which Osgood and Sam remain at Mother McCracken's [[cottage]] to help her tidy up. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Kate Stewart]] - [[Jemma Redgrave]] | * [[Kate Stewart]] - [[Jemma Redgrave]] | ||
* [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] - [[Ingrid Oliver]] | * [[Petronella Osgood|Osgood]] - [[Ingrid Oliver]] | ||
* | * [[Sam Bishop|Lieutenant Sam Bishop]] - [[Warren Brown]] | ||
* [[McCracken|Mother McCracken]] - [[Alexandra Mathie]] | * [[McCracken|Mother McCracken]] - [[Alexandra Mathie]] | ||
* [[Joel Sanders]] - [[Chris Jarman]] | * [[Joel Sanders]] - [[Chris Jarman]] | ||
* | * [[Josh Carter|Captain Josh Carter]] - [[James Joyce (actor)|James Joyce]] | ||
* [[Barney | * [[Barney Thorpe|Barney]] / [[Animoi]] - [[Hywel Morgan]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Sam suggests that they wear ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' costumes to Josh's party. He says that Osgood would make a good [[Velma Dinkley|Velma]]. | |||
* Osgood eats a lot of [[kale]]. | |||
* Sam mentions ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]''. | |||
* [[Dougal (Tempest)|Dougal]] is Mother McCracken's [[owl]]. He killed her [[cat]]. | |||
* Mother McCracken is not expecting [[McCracken's brother|her brother]] to visit until [[Pancake Day]]. | |||
* Mother McCracken used to help [[McCracken's mother|her mother]] polish an old [[dresser]] on [[Saturday]] mornings. | |||
* [[McCracken's husband|Mother McCracken's husband]] is in [[Aberystwyth]]. | |||
* Osgood has read the files on the [[Big Bad Wolf]]. | |||
* The [[Animoi]] are a peaceful species. They have delicate ethereal [[body|bodies]], but powerful psychic abilities which allow them to harness and control the [[wind]]. | * The [[Animoi]] are a peaceful species. They have delicate ethereal [[body|bodies]], but powerful psychic abilities which allow them to harness and control the [[wind]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | * ''Tempest'' was recorded at [[WiseBuddah]] in [[November (production)|November]] [[2018 (production)|2018]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Sam mentions that he and Osgood have survived [[Dalek]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') and [[Cybermen]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Code Silver (audio story)|Code Silver]]'', ''[[Master of Worlds (audio story)|Master of Worlds]]'') | * Sam mentions that he and Osgood have survived [[Dalek]]s ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') and [[Cyberman|Cybermen]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Code Silver (audio story)|Code Silver]]'', ''[[Master of Worlds (audio story)|Master of Worlds]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:41, 6 April 2024
Tempest was the second story in the audio anthology Incursions, produced by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Lisa McMullin and featured Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart and Ingrid Oliver as Petronella Osgood, James Joyce as Josh Carter and Warren Brown as Sam Bishop.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
When the planet's weather systems start behaving strangely, Osgood is worried. Soon, she and Sam Bishop are heading to a remote Scottish island where an eccentric old woman speaks to the wind itself.
Meanwhile, Kate Stewart visits a deep-sea oil-rig where strange things are afoot. A tempest is coming, and it could be disaster for the entire world.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Osgood looks at a report from meteorology and sees that hurricanes are predicted in the Arctic and tornadoes across Greenland. This reminds Sam of a call he received earlier from Mother McCracken about wind talking to her; he calls her back and records the sound of an extraterrestrial SOS signal coming from her chimney, which he then plays for Kate. She agrees that they can fly to the Outer Hebrides to investigate whilst she goes to an oil rig in the North Atlantic where the same message is being given in Morse code and drawing the workers into the water.
The aeroplane loses its engines and, according to Osgood, a cloudy hand steadies it and guides it to land safely. Sam is sceptical, however. They meet Mother McCracken, whose owl, Dougal, attacks Sam and gives him a nosebleed. The voice speaks through the chimney and Osgood and Sam are almost sucked up it before it suddenly stops. The news reports that a train was derailed by winds in Canada and that there have been similar occurrences in Russia, Japan and mainland Europe, which Osgood believes must be connected.
Kate meets Joel Sanders and Barney Thorpe, the latter of whom tells her that people are being drawn not by the lights but by voices and a strange sensation. She is joined by Josh and has him get everybody inside when an oddly-behaving waterspout makes a whirlpool strong enough to threaten the rig's integrity. She assumes command from Sanders, evacuates the rig and sends a probe into the sea after detecting electromagnetism likely caused by a crashed spacecraft also causing the lights.
Osgood wonders if the voice is trying to get them up onto the roof and goes with Sam to the attic. He climbs through a skylight and onto the roof where the wind grabs onto him and he sees coordinates carved into grass nearby which Osgood sends to Kate. The coordinates, Kate finds, correspond to where she is searching for the spaceship. Osgood accesses UNIT's digital archive and learns of the Animoi, a benign race who start using Mother McCracken's voice to ask for help. She informs Kate, who is unable to move the ship without damaging the air pocket keeping it stable.
Kate comes up with a plan to release the ship's life pods by having the Animoi create an atomic sub-vacuum using an air belt, but Sanders sends Barney and his other men to plant explosives to destroy the ship. Osgood and Sam ask the Animoi to do this and the plan is successful, the explosives not having been planted, and the Animoi are freed. A rescue ship arrives and takes the life pods aboard, after which Osgood and Sam remain at Mother McCracken's cottage to help her tidy up.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Kate Stewart - Jemma Redgrave
- Osgood - Ingrid Oliver
- Lieutenant Sam Bishop - Warren Brown
- Mother McCracken - Alexandra Mathie
- Joel Sanders - Chris Jarman
- Captain Josh Carter - James Joyce
- Barney / Animoi - Hywel Morgan
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sam suggests that they wear Scooby Doo costumes to Josh's party. He says that Osgood would make a good Velma.
- Osgood eats a lot of kale.
- Sam mentions The Wizard of Oz.
- Dougal is Mother McCracken's owl. He killed her cat.
- Mother McCracken is not expecting her brother to visit until Pancake Day.
- Mother McCracken used to help her mother polish an old dresser on Saturday mornings.
- Mother McCracken's husband is in Aberystwyth.
- Osgood has read the files on the Big Bad Wolf.
- The Animoi are a peaceful species. They have delicate ethereal bodies, but powerful psychic abilities which allow them to harness and control the wind.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Tempest was recorded at WiseBuddah in November 2018.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sam mentions that he and Osgood have survived Daleks (AUDIO: The Dalek Transaction) and Cybermen. (AUDIO: Code Silver, Master of Worlds)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Tempest page at bigfinish.com
